🏒 The PWHL effect on women’s hockey by the numbers
PWHL has demonstrable effect on IIHF Women’s World Hockey championship
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The U.S. lost to rival Canada in OT in the gold medal match of this year’s IIHF Women’s World Championship last night in Utica, NY. The competition, which began in 1990 and has featured these two nations in the championship 22 out of 23 times, introduced a new element to the ice this year: the PWHL. Here’s how the pro women’s hockey league is impacting the game.
April 15, 2024
🏀 Sitting, waiting, wishing
Potential NCAA transfer portal change prompts women’s basketball departures
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With March Madness over and many of the NCAA’s top players preparing for the WNBA Draft, the court will look different come fall. On top of that, the NCAA transfer portal rules might change soon to allow athletes to transfer more than once. With more than 1.1K players already entered, the transfer portal might get pretty crowded.
April 15, 2024
Get to know the top Canadians in the NBA Playoffs
Get to know the top Canadians in the NBA Playoffs
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This feature is the third in a season-long partnership with the NBA, where, alongside their REPRESENT campaign, we’re celebrating the next generation of Canadian NBA stars. It’s the most wonderful time of the year: the NBA Playoffs. Even without the Toronto Raptors in the mix, there’s plenty of Canadian talent to cheer for. The Play-In tournament featuring two Canadians begins today, with 12 other Canucks waiting for their turn to throw down in the first round. So, let’s get to know the top Canadians expected to make waves.
April 15, 2024
🏀 How it works
Breaking down the 2024 NBA playoffs
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Tonight marks the start of the drama-filled NBA Play-In Tournament, meaning today’s special edition newsletter includes everything from how it works to a team-by-team breakdown of the postseason action to come.
April 15, 2024
🏒 The thrill of the fight
Team Canada defeats Team USA 6–5 in overtime at the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships
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After losing the IIHF World Championship (WWHC) at home to Team USA last April, Canada returned the favor last night, defeating the Americans 6–5 in overtime to win their 13th World Championship. The greatest rivalry in sports lives on.
April 15, 2024
🏀 They’re the kids in America (woah)
Caitlin Clark headlines tonight’s stacked WNBA Draft
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Iowa’s Caitlin Clark officially turns pro today, as the college hoops phenom and thirty-five other standout players will be selected to the WNBA during tonight’s sold-out 7 p.m. ET draft. Time to roll out the orange carpet.
April 15, 2024
✅ The details
Everything you need to know about the 128th Boston Marathon
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Tomorrow marks the 128th running of the prestigious and historic Boston Marathon, so today’s Scroll has everything you need to know before runners take the starting line for their 26.2-mile journey.
April 14, 2024
🏀 Live from New York, it’s Monday night!
Tonight’s 2024 WNBA Draft welcomes the NCAA’s best women’s basketball players to the pros
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Roll out the Orange Carpet, because the NCAA’s best women’s basketball players turn pro tonight at the 2024 WNBA Draft
April 14, 2024
🥎⚾ Heat check
With the postseason looming, baseball and softball diamonds are heating up
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With less than a month before softball and baseball conference tournaments take the field, here’s who’s dominating diamonds…and who’s been crushed by the pressure.
April 12, 2024
🏒 No, the other Will Smith
No. 3–seed Denver and No. 1 Boston College will face off in tomorrow’s NCAA men’s hockey national championship
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The puck drops on the NCAA Championship game tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
April 12, 2024
🏉 Ruck yeah
Women’s Elite Rugby announces launch of first U.S. professional women’s rugby league
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Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) announced plans Wednesday to launch its inaugural season in 2025. WER will be the first pro women’s rugby league in the U.S., replacing the existing semi-pro Women’s Premier League (WPL).
April 12, 2024
🏅 Going for the gold
World Athletics becomes first international governing body to pay Olympic athletes
On Wednesday, international track and field governing body World Athletics announced it will award $50K to each event winner at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, becoming the first international governing body to do so. This will uplift athletics medalists who, until now, have been classified as amateurs and had to forfeit compensation opportunities.
April 12, 2024